Hand seeding implement.



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- HAND SEEDING-IMPLEMENT.

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Witnesses seeder com constructed in accor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EPPY W. FERGUSON, OF OWEN SBORO, KENTUCKY, ASSIGN OR OF ON E-HALF TOSTINSON LAMBERT, OF OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application fi ed December 26, 19 05. Serial No. 293,425-

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPPY W. FERGUSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Owensboro, in the county of Daviess and State of Kentucky,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand Seeding Implements, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in hand seeding implementsdesigned, primarily, for use in removing peach-stones from the fruit.

The main object of the present invention is the production of a simpledevice of the character described designed for easy and convenientmanual manipulation to quickly and effectively remove the st0ne-pit frompeaches.

The invention will be described in the following specification,referenc'e being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a persdpective view of a seeder ance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, the handle portionbeing omitted.

Referring to the drawings, my improved rises a handle 1, which may be ofany desire size and shape, though preferably comprising. an enlargedhead 2 and a.

projecting stem 3.

At diametrically opposite points on the stem I secure blades 4,preferably concavoconvex in section and constructed of resilient metal.The blades l extend above the stem 3 of the handle for the desireddistance, being preferably curved longitudinally above the stem, asclearly shown in Fig. 1.

The stem 3 is formed with a slightly-flaring head 5, thereby providingan enlarged end to conform to the longitudinal curvature of the blades,it being understood that at the free ends the blades are spaced apart toa less extent than at the mid-length thereof, the end spacing being lessthan the transverse dimension of a each-stone.

At the free 'en sthe blades4 are formed with cutters 6 of curved orarcuate shape in plan. The cutters are of thin material, having theirwidth or greatest sectional dimension transverse their length arrangedin the plane of the blades 4 and being of a len th to extend beyond theside edges of the b ade, so that said cutters form an approximatelycircular cutting-band at the ends of the blade. The

lower edges of the cutters project at approximately a right angle to thelongitudinal lane of the blades, as at 7, while the upper e ges 8thereof are of rounded contour longitudinally of the cutters, havingtheir highest point centrally above the blades 4 and curving therefromtoward the ends of the cutters, terminating coincidently with the loweredges. The up er and lower edges 7 and 8 are sharpened tiroughout thelength of the cutters.

In use the cutter, manually operated by the handle 1, is introduced intothe peach from the stemend, preferably by a rotary reci rocatorymovement of the cutters and bladies, the inward movement being continueduntil said blades pass beyond the peachstone. As the blades contact withthe stone they effectively separate the meat of thefruit therefrom,thoroughly clean the same, and withdrawing the same upon the reversemovement of the seeder.

With peaches of the freestone variety the cutters are effective forreaming out the bitter red portion of the each immediately envelopingthe stone, wl ein clingstone peaches the stone is thoroughly and cleanlyseparated from the fruit and removed with the seeder. The seeder of myinvention, it will be noted, is effective for removing the stone withoutbreaking the each, thus enabling the fruit to be used wliole for canningand other purposes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is a 1. Aseeder comprisin a handle, blades projecting therefrom, an duplicatecutters carried at the free ends of the blades, said cutters curvingtoward each other to provide an approximately circular cutter at the operative end of the seeder, the relatively forward edge of each cutterbeing sharpened.

2. A seeder comprising a handle, blades projecting therefrom, and curvedcutters carried by the ends of the blades, the edges of the cutters nextthe handle rojecting at an angle to the plane of the bla es to providean approximate y circular edge to engage the seed in the withdrawingoperation.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EPPY W. FERGUSON. Witnesses:

THEO. MAOKIM, C. B. ELLIOTT.

